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CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS AND THERAPY
卷 21, 期 6, 页码 445-448出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-007-6056-9
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L-carnitine; myocardial infarction; percutaneous coronary intervention; mortality
To evaluate the effects of L-carnitine as an adjunct therapy to percutanenous coronary intervention (PCI) for non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEMI). Ninety-six consecutive patients with NSTEMI were randomized into treatment group (L-carnitine 5 g IV bolus followed by 10 g/day IV infusion for 3 days), and control group. All patients also underwent PCI within 24 h from the onset of chest pain. The peak values of creatine kinase-MB and troponin-I before and after PCI were observed. In the treatment group, the peak values of creatine kinase-MB were significantly lower than the control group at 12 h and 24 h after PCI (P < 0.01). The peak values of troponin-I in the treatment group were also lower than the control group at 8 h after PCI (P < 0.01). Multivariate regression analysis showed that L-carnitine therapy was an independent predictor for the reduction of creatine kinase-MB (r=0.596, P < 0.001) or troponin-I (r=0.633, P < 0.001). L-carnitine adjunct therapy appears to be associated with a reduced level of cardiac markers in patients with NSTEMI. These results support a larger clinical trial to investigate the effect of L-carnitine on cardiac events following PCI.
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